HIV ATLAS

Posted by Henry Neondo (henry)

Today, Monday, 1 December 2008, over 130 media houses in 11 countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have publicly launched HIV and AIDS policies as part of commemorations to mark World Aids Day. The climax of a three-year Media Action Plan (MAP) on HIV and AIDS and Gender, simultaneous launches will take place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zambia. Following public events in each country, media managers, journalists, people living with HIV, care workers, and others from across the region have connected in cyber space to discuss issues around HIV and AIDS and gender policy, and the funding of care work. Led by the Southern African Editor's Forum (SAEF), MAP's goal is for 80% of SADC media houses to have HIV and AIDS and Gender Policies by the end of 2008, recognising the importance of media in the regional response to the pandemic.

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Posted by Masimba Biriwasha (mbiriwasha)

When Tobina Madai, 23, received a love proposal from her employer, she found it difficult to say “no”. Soon she found herself engaged in an affair with him. As a result, she received a variety of gifts plus an extra salary. According to Tobina, her life went through a transformation, until her employer’s wife found out about the affair.

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Posted by Ian Hodgson (ijhodgson)

Women in Europe earn on average almost 16 per cent less than men doing similar jobs, according to a new study which finds that the gender wage gap in Ireland is less than in many other EU Member States.

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Posted by giten

Married women in India who are physically and sexually abused by their husbands are four times more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus than married women who were not abused

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